Weapons System Analyst, Sr.

Castalia Systems

$90K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience (up to 12 years without degree)
  • 8+ years relevant experience or 12 years without a degree
  • Comprehensive mission knowledge and completion of required training
  • Ability to synthesize complex, incomplete information into insightful analysis
  • Capability to work independently with minimal oversight
  • Strong collaboration skills within the intelligence community
  • Expertise in developing concise, comprehensive analytical products

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and assess foreign weapon systems including capabilities and vulnerabilities
  • Prepare analytical products to inform U.S. National and Defense leaders
  • Support intelligence analysis of foreign WMD programs
  • Contribute to counter-WMD efforts across DoD and USG
  • Guide teams in researching complex problems
  • Communicate insights based on varying sources and analytic perspectives

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401k matching
  • Generous paid time off (PTO)
  • Paid holidays
  • Professional training opportunities
  • Pet insurance
Full Job Description
Job Type: Full-Time

Workplace Type: Onsite

Clearance: Minimum TS/SCI CI Poly

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.

Job Summary

Castalia Systems is seeking a Weapons System Analyst (Nuclear Enterprise), Sr. to support to the government's all source intelligence analysis of foreign weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs, to include the proliferation and procurement of WMD-applicable materials, technologies, and knowledge, and provides intelligence analysis support to the entire spectrum of DoD and USG counter-WMD efforts. This position will be at Reston, VA.

Roles and Responsibilities

A qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to:
  • Analyzes and assesses current and future foreign, lethal and non-lethal, weapon systems including, but not limited to, system capabilities, vulnerabilities, production, stockpile, deployment, proliferation, and impact to U.S. and Coalition forces worldwide.
  • Prepares analytic products informing the U.S. National, Defense and Acquisition Communities of foreign weapon system developments.

Required Qualifications
  • Meets all qualifications and skills required of a Mid, plus:
  • Bachelor's degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and 8 or more years of relevant experience (or 12 years without a Bachelors).
  • Must have experience with DIA analytical writing standards & ICD 203/206.
  • Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
  • Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced. Structures analytic questions based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines.
  • Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
  • Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.
  • Demonstrates ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
  • Demonstrates ability to guide teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment
  • Typical office environment.

Travel
  • Not required.

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